Last updated on Oct 30 2020 EFMC, ISMC & Related Associations and Events Reference Comments
1909 ACS 'Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry’ established HT Memoirs changed name to 'Division of Chemistry and Medicinal Products’ (1920), in 1948 into
‘Division of Medicinal Chemistry'
1945 Danish Society of Pharmacology and Toxicology established ref:
http://www.aphar.at/iuphar/pharmacology_internatio
nal_2009_dec.pdf
1948
Oct 5 1948 Fine Chemicals Group of the Society of Chemical Industry inaugural
meeting
ref: https://www.nature.com/articles/162728c0.pdf The Fine Chemicals Group of the Society of Chemical Industry has for its objects "The
discussion of fine chemicals especially such as are of therapeutic or biological interest".
The Group held its inaugural meeting at the Royal Institution on October 5, with Sir Jack
Drummond, chairman of the Group, presiding. Prof. J. H. Burn, professor of pharmacology,
University of Oxford, delivered the inaugural address and reviewed much of the important
work that has been done in the production of fine chemicals for medicinal use.
1952 Hungarian Chemical Society: 8 sections operated as soon as 1952,
including "Organic and pharmaceutical industry" section
ref: http://www.mke.org.hu/en/about-us/history/79-
uncategorised/605-the-hungarian-chemical-society-a-
historical-survey.html
1953
June 11 1953 "Società Italiana di Scienze Farmaceutiche (SISF)" established ref: https://www.sisf.it/OldWebSite/
1958 Foundation of "Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry” by
Arnold Beckett (UK) and by Alfred Burger (US), sold to Amercan Chemical
Society in 1960, and renamed "Journal of Medicinal Chemistry" in 1961
ref: P. Portoghese, in: Proc. XIVth ISMC 1996, p409
1962
1962 1st IUPAC Meeting on Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Florence (Italy),
organized by SISF (P. Pratesi), sponsorship by IUPAC
Pure Appl. Chem (1963), 6, 207-492, available at:
https://www.iupac.org/publications/pac/conferences/
Florence_1962-09-17f/index.html
EJMC 1978, 13, 538: ISMC History: "At a meeting (Milan, 1972) of the EFMC, it was decided
in agreement with IUPAC Section of Medicinal Chemistry, to start a regular series of
International Medicinal Chemistry Symposia in alternate years. Previous symposia were
held in Florence (1962), Münster (1968), Milan (1972), Noordwijkerhout (1974), Paris
(1976), and Brighton (1978
1964 NL: E.J. Ariëns (Universiteit Nijmegen) publishes "Molecular
Pharmacology" Academic Press New York - which became a classic in
the field of pharmacology
1965
January 1965 Project to create a "Journal de Chimie Thérapeutique" (France)
Jean-Albert Gautier, Jean Thuillier, Claude Combet-Farnoux
April 1965 Meeting on “Interactions of Drugs with Receptors” organized by
Pharmacy Department of Chelsea College, London
ref: https://www.smr.org.uk/AboutUs/history.pdf ;
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bbm%3A978-94-
009-2659-2%2F1.pdf
"When many of the papers presented at the Symposium were published, the need for a
multidisciplinary approach to drug discovery became clear. This provided the drive for a
group of scientists (predominantly medicinal chemists) to work towards establishing an
organisation dedicated to encouraging interdisciplinary approaches to drug research.
Scientists interested in drug research were invited to become members. In May 1966, it
was decided that the group should be called the Society for Drug Research."
September 16-18, 1965 1ères Rencontres de la Synthèse Médicamenteuse - Lille (France) 100 participants
organized by: Albert Lespagnol (Lille), Pierre Tronche (Clermont-Ferrand),
André Boucherle (Grenoble)
First edition of "Chimie Thérapeutique", precursor to "Chimica
Therapeutica", and later "European Journal for Medicinal Chemistry"
Project to create the "Société de Chimie Therapeutique" (France)
"Bureau provisoire": Lespagnol (président), Thuillier (secrétaire général),
Combet-Farnoux (trésorier)
1966
ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry start to publish its ‘Annual Reports
in Medicinal Chemistry’ (renamed ‘Medicinal Chemistry Reviews’ in 2015)
May 1966 UK: decision to name the organisation "Society for Drug Research" refs: https://www.smr.org.uk/AboutUs/history.pdf ;
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bbm%3A978-94-
009-2659-2%2F1.pdf ; J. F. Cavalla, History of the
Society for Drug Research,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2659-2 in: Trends
and Changes in Drug Research and Development,
Springer (1986)
"Certain decisions were taken at the start. The Society would be independent of industry.
It would not attempt to publish. While of necessity taking subject matter from several
specific disciplines (chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology, pharmacy, medicine) it would
not attempt to compete with any of them. Speakers at meetings would be encouraged to
avoid technical terms peculiar to their own discipline with the aim of breaking down
barriers to communication. The first step was to gauge the degree of support for the idea.
To determine this the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain was asked to provide a
venue for an inaugural meeting. This was willingly agreed and, following publicity, over 100
people heard a presentation by Professor Harper on 28 September 1966 at 17 Bloomsbury
Square in the Hall of the Pharmaceutical Society. There was general, but not total, support
for the proposal to set up the Society. The British Pharmacological Society sent an official
representative (Dr George Somers) to point out that that body was already, in effect, a
society for drug research and that any attempt to set up another was mere duplication.
This was contested by many on the grounds that to be a member of the British
Pharmacological Society one had to be a practising pharmacologist. Indeed, at that time
(1966) the BPS membership was just over 400 although in the following year a more liberal
membership policy was introduced as a result of which its rate of growth more than
July 4-7 1966 IIes Rencontres de Chimie Thérapeutique - Strasbourg (FR) Chim Ther 1966, 1, 381-388
Organizers: P. Cordier, J. Schreiber, L. Jung, C. Wermuth
approval of SCT statutes
180 participants
Sep 28 1966 SDR (Society for Drug Research, UK) inaugural meeting was held on 28th
September, 1966 at 17 Bloomsbury Square, in the Hall of the Royal
Pharmacological Society of Great Britain.
ref: https://www.smr.org.uk/AboutUs/history.pdf ;
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bbm%3A978-94-
009-2659-2%2F1.pdf
October 1 1966 Official launch of SCT (FR) Chim Ther 1966, 1, 388
Past-President: A. Lespagnol; President: J.A. Gautier; Vice-President: P.
Cordier; General Secretary: J. Thuillier; Assoc. General Secretary: C.
Combet-Farnoux; Treasurer: P. Tronche
December 1 1966 SCT Statutes published in "Journal Officiel" Chim Ther 1966, 1, 482
1966 SCT (F) established Archives SCT/Debaert
President: J.A. Gautier; vice-président: P. Cordier; general secretary (and
president-co-founder (?)): J. Thuillier, associate-secretary ('secrétaire
adjoint): C. Combet-Farnoux; treasurer: P. Tronche
SCT Council: French members: Mentzer, Molho, Moreau; foreign
members: R. Domenjoz et K.E. Schulte (DE), L. Fontanella (IT), M.
Montavon (CH), F. Binon (BE) et F. Eloy (BE)
1967
July 5-7 1967 IIIes Rencontres de Chimie Thérapeutique - Paris (FR) J. Thuillier (?): "Des projets de collaboration et de réunion avec d'autres Instances
Internationales concernant la Chimie Thérapeutique ont été amorcées"
Organizers: Thuillier, Moreau, Rumpf, Miocque, Combet-Farnoux
600 participants
1968
July 22-26, 1968 2nd IUPAC Meeting on Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Muenster (DE) Chim. Ther. 1968, 3, 308; Pure Appl.Chem.(1969), 19,1-
266, available at:
https://www.iupac.org/publications/pac/conferences/
Munster_1968-07-22f/index.html
Organizer: K.E. Schulte Karl Ernst Schulte, Institut für Pharmazie, Universität Münster, DE
Under the auspices of the IUPAC divisions of organic chemistry and
applied chemistry
500 participants, 25 countries
Initial proposal to create a Medicinal Chememistry Division of IUPAC
Project to create a "Sektion Medizinische Chemie" at GDCh Ref: “25 Jahre Fachgruppe Medizinische Chemie”,
Joachim K. Seydel, Nachr. Chem. Tech. Lab. 46, 1998,
(3), 334-336 -
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/nadc.
19980460313
"Die Vorgeschichte der Fachgruppe begann bereits 1968 auf dem 2. IUPAC-Symposium on
Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Eine Reihe von anwesenden Hochschulprofessoren (H. Böhme,
F. Eiden, K.E. Schulte) und Forschungsleiter der Pharmaindustrie (H. Gareis, H. Gibian, E.
Schraufstätter) beschlossen, einen Antrag an die GDCh zur Gründung einer Fachgruppe
Medizinische Chemie zu stellen: einer der Hauptinitiatoren war dabei Prf. Dr. Dr. h. c. K.E.
Schulte.... Nach dem Gründungsantrag forderte die GDCh die oben genannten Kollegen
auf, einen Arbeitsausschuss zu bilden, um die Gründungsversammlung vorzubereiten und
eine kleine Tagung zu organisieren, auf der die anwesenden Teilnehmer über ihr Interesse
an einer Fachgruppe befragt werden und abstimmen sollen."
September 4-6, 1968 IVièmes Rencontres de Chimie Thérapeutique - Clermont-Ferrand Chim. Ther. 1968, 3, 391
Organizer: P.Tronche - 280 participants
Project to organize the next "IUPAC Medicinal Chemistry Meeting" in
France
Chim. Ther. 1969, 4, 64
September 6, 1968 Assemblée générale SCT (Clermont-Ferrand) Chim. Ther. 1969, 4, 64
Invitation by F. Martin, President Société Chimique Belge, to organize a
medicinal chemistry meeting in Belgium
1968 Thuillier (F): initiative to establish collaborations between European
medicinal chemistry associations (designated secretary: Thuillier)
Archives SCT/Debaert; ref: C. Combet Farnoux, in:
Actualités de Chimie Thérapeutique 2003, 29e Série,
pp I-XV
"… il faut rappeler le rôle déterminant joué par le Dr Jean Thuillier à l'échelon européen
dans les années 1967-68, prenant l'initiative de réunir les responsables des Sociétés des
pays voisins de la France, ce qui conduira successivement à la création dès 1968, pour
aboutir en 1972 à une organisation européenne commune, "l'European Federation for
Medicinal Chemistry" dont le Docteur Jean Thuillier sera le premier président"
ibidem, cite: J Thuillier, Annual Report of General
Secretary SCT, General Assembly, Dec 8 1972
"J'en arrive maintenant aux activités internationales de notre Société. Vous savez que,
depuis 4 ans, à notre initiative, s'était formé un Comité Européen de Medicinal Chemistry,
composé essentiellement au début de participations anglaise (British Society of Drug
Research) et italienne (Società Italiana di Science Farmaceutiche), auxquelles étaient
venus s'agréger nos amis belges, hollandais et allemands, représentant les Sections de
Chimie Thérapeutiques des Sociétés Chimiques nationales de ces pays. Désigné comme
Secrétaire de ce Comité, en 1968, je me suis efforcé de poursuivre une action qui, grâce à
nos rencontres de Chimie Thérapeutique, à notre revue, et à l'appui de nos collègues
étrangers, devait aboutir, dans une démarche commune avec nos amis américains, à faire
créer une Section de Medicinal Chemistry au sein de l'IUPAC... Parallèlement à cette
création d'une Section de Chimie Thérapeutique à l'IUPAC, notre Comité Européen décida,
en 1970, à Bruxelles, d'intensifier son action et d'étendre ses membres à d'autres sociétés
européennes. A cette fin, le Comité désigna le Professeur Alma Simmonds, de la British
Society for Drug Research, comme Secrétaire Général du Comité, et me demanda d'en
assurer la Présidence. Durant les années 1970-1972, une activité accrue de ce Comité,
ainsi qu'un échange de correspondance entre toutes les sociétés chimiques européennes
s'occupant de Medicinal Chemistry, devaient aboutir à un regroupement de ces sociétés
dans une organisation européenne commune, pouvant s'équilibrer avec la masse
imposante de la Chimie Thérapeutique américaine. Et c'est ainsi qu'à Milan, le 14
septembre 1972, les représentants de neuf pays européens ont décidé la création de la
Fédération Européenne de Medicinal Chemistry, dont j'ai eu l'honneur d'être nommé
Président. L'activité de cette Fédération, dont les statuts sont en préparation,
n'interviendra, bien entendu, dans l'autonomie des sociétés nationales, mais renforcera la
position des ces sociétés vis-à-vis des organismes internationaux des Sciences Biologiques
et Chimiques, et en particulier de l'IUPAC."
1969
Jan 14 1969 Meeting J. Thuillier with SDR, London Archives SCT/Debaert
Mar 12 1969 Meeting at the Faculté de Pharmacie de Paris, under the joint initiative of
British Society for Drug Research and SCT
Chim. Ther. 1969, 4, 149
Participants:
Society of Drug Research: N.J. Harper (UK)
SCT: A. Lespagnol, J.A. Gautier, P. Cordier, M. Lachaux, J. Thuillier, C.
Combet-Farnoux, P. Tronche
Societa Italiana di Scienze Farmaceutiche: P. Pratesi
J.P. Geerts (B)
A.F. Harms (NL)
A. Kreutzberger (D) Prof. Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Münster University, coworker of K.E. Schulte - ref:
https://www.uni-muenster.de/Chemie.pz/organisation/geschichte.html
Excused: Ariëns (NL), Garattini (I), A. Hoffmann (CH), E. Jacobsen (DK)
Decision to form a European Committee on Medicinal Chemistry (ECMC) "Tous les membres présents décidèrent de former un Comité Européen de Chimie
Thérapeutique…, ….. Lorsque tous les membres présents auront pris contact avec leurs
groupements nationaux ou avec leurs collègues de leurs pays respectifs, une décision
devra être prise concernant la tenue d'un Congrès européen et l'opportunité de la création
d'une Société européenne de Chimie Thérapeutique"
Vièmes Rencontres de Chimie Thérapeutique - Clermont-Ferrand (FR)
April 15-17, 1969 SDR "Medicinal Chemistry Symposium", Chelsea College, London Chim. Ther. 1969, 4, 237
Participants: SDR Committee, N.J. Harper, J. Thuillier, P. Tronche, G.
Thuillier
Confirmation of the creation of "ECMC", General Secretary: J. Thuillier
Plan contacts with IUPAC and the possibility to organize a med. Chem.
Meeting in Brussels in 1970
Creation of a "Medicinal Chemistry Section" within IUPAC Chim. Ther. 1969, 4, 518
President: E. Campaigne (USA), Secretary: A.I. Rachlin (USA), Titular
Members: A. Albert (AUS), E.J. Ariëns (NL), F.L. Rose (UK), P. Sensi (I), V.A.
Yakovlev (URSS), Associate Members: J.A. Gauthier (F), L.G. Humber
(CAN), M. Protiva (Czechoslovakia), L. Sternbach (USA), T. Urbanski (POL)
May 28 1969 BE: F. Martin, SCB President, initiates the organization of an "International
Symposium on Organic Therapeutic Chemistry" in September 1970
SRC Archives Under the presidency of Mr F. Martin, a symposium on Therapeutic Organic Chemistry
(Chimie Organique Thérapeutique) will be held in Brussels beginning September 1970. SCB
(Société Chimique de Belgique) will sponsor the meeting which is expected to be a great
success, and which is likely to coincide with the foundation of a European organization of
therapeutic organic chemistry” (free translation from French)
NL: Ariëns organizes a symposium entitled "Drug Design" in Nijmegen
April 15–17, 1969 UK: First Society for Drug Research Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, at
Chelsea College of Science and Technology, in London: "Medicinal
Chemistry", 300 participants
September 1969 Ves Rencontres de Chimie Thérapeutique - Grenoble SCT Archives
Org.: André Boucherle - 310 participants
October 1 1969 BE: SCB initiates the creation of a "section on therapeutic chemistry
(established in 1970)"
SRC Archives [...] in order to create a Federation of Therapeutic Chemistry Societies, it will be required,
if SCB wants to be part, to accept non-chemist members. Hence, the proposal to create a
section on therapeutic chemistry within SCB. (free translation from French)
October 1 1969 BE: Update on the Conference on Therapeutic Chemistry scheduled to be
held in Brussels on September 14-17 1970.
SRC Archives "For prestige reasons it will be necessary to associate the [French] Société de Chimie
Thérapeutique to SCB as co-organiser, the other European societies coming in second
place." (free translation from French)
December 19 1969 (Paris) Decision to found the "European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry" HT - personal handwritten notes (EFMC archives);
Archives Debaert/SCT; SISF website: adhered in 1969
HT: "it was decided there were no obstacles to start a European organization besides the
IUPAC section….. All participants discussed the format of the new organization and its
formal name. As all participants had the opinion that national societies would be
continued, it was decided that a federation was the best format". Also, because of
differences between countries regarding the name of the discipline (drug research, chimie
thérapeutique, farmacochemie, Arzneimittelforschung, etc...), the internationally best
accepted term medicinal chemistry was chosen"
Participants: Eloy (B), Gautier (F), Jones (UK), Pratesi (I), Schulte (D),
Thuillier (F), and Timmerman (representing Nauta, NL)
SISF adheres to EFMC SISF old website (old):
https://www.sisf.it/OldWebSite/chi.htm
"In 1969 SISF joined the 'European Federation on Medicinal Chemistry' while in its
programs the need to collaborate with the sister associations in the pharmaceutical field
(FOFI, AFI, SIFO) is underlined."
1970
February 4 1970 BE: extraordinary Central Committee meeting of SCB (Société Chimique de
Belgique) formally establishes its Division de Chimie Thérapeutique and
approves its adherence to EFMC
SRC Archives - 'SCB Comité Central' meeting minutes;
Bulletin d'Information SCB No28, Septembre 1970
"It is decided that the SCB Committee authorizes the division of therapeutic chemistry to
be member of the European Federation of Therapeutic Chemistry (UK, Germany, France,
Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium) which will be created in September [1970]."
BE: VCV establishes Working Party entitled "Medicinal Chemistry
(promotor: G. Van Binst (VUB)
Bulletin d'Information SCB No28, Septembre 1970
August 28 1970 NL: Section Medicinal Chemistry, Royal Netherlands Chemical Society
established
EFMC Yearbook founded as Sectie Farmacochemie in Maastricht during a national symposium themed ‘The
Rational Design of Bio-active Compounds’ (KNCV website)
"Farmacochemie Section of KNCV" established: chairman Nauta (Brocades
& VU), Faber (RUG), J.L.M.A. Schlatman (Philips-Duphar), secretary: H.
Timmerman (Brocades), F.J. Zeelen (Organon)
HT Farmacochemie chapter
Aug 28 1970 NL: KNCV establishes its "Sectie Farmacochemie" Henk Timmerman, "Farmacochemie: het ontstaan van
een nieuwe subdiscipline", in "Geschiedenis van de
scheikunde in Nederland 3", Delft University Press
(2004) - https://chg.kncv.nl/geschiedenis/chemische-
ontwikkelingen/boeken/geschiedenis-van-de-
scheikunde-in-nederland-3
In 1970 vond Nauta de tijd rijp om de krachten te bundelen en te proberen een Sectie
Farmacochemie binnen de KNCV in het leven te roepen. Over de naamgeving was er enige
tijd een controverse tussen Faber en Nauta, maar uiteindelijk werd het farmacochemie,
een naam die later ook in enkele andere landen ingang vond. Men verkoos uiteindelijk de
term farmacochemie in plaats van ‘medicinal chemistry’, omdat het woord ‘medicinal’ te
nadrukkelijk op geneesmiddelen sloeg, terwijl het vakgebied ook betrekking moest
hebben op biologisch-actieve stoffen met bijvoorbeeld een herbicide (onkruidverdelging)
of een insecticide werking.... Voor de leden van de Sectie Farmacochemie stond
nadrukkelijk voorop dat farmacochemie een onderdeel van de chemie was, maar dat bij
het praktische werk de inbreng van farmacologen wezenlijk zou zijn. Omdat het een veld
was met een sterk interdisciplinair karakter diende de sectie ook open te staan voor
biologen en farmacologen, ook al konden dezen geen lid worden van de KNCV. Er werd
daarom even overwogen een onafhankelijke vereniging in het leven te roepen, zoals dat in
het Verenigd Koninkrijk was gebeurd (Society for Drug Research), of aansluiting te zoeken
bij de farmaceuten (de KNMP), maar uiteindelijk besloot men tot een zogeheten ‘open
sectie’ binnen de KNCV. Hoewel die gedachte aanvankelijk op enige weerstand stuitte,
lukte het in september 1972 toch een officiële sectie op te richten.
1970 UK: First SDR Symposium on Prostaglandins (London)
September 13 1970 Meeting of the Board of the “Société Française de Chimie Thérapeutique”
and “of the European Committee of Medicinal Chemistry" in Brussels
SRC Archives
September 14-17, 1970 European Meeting on Medicinal Chemistry/VIièmes Rencontres de
Chimie Thérapeutique - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Chim. Ther. 1969, 4, 520; Chim.Therap.(1970), 5, 357-
378
President: F. Martin
Jointly organized by: Société Chimique Belge and SCT, with the
collaboration of:
Deutsche Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft
Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemische Vereneging
Societa Italiana di Scienze Farmaceutiche
Society for Drug Research
Vlaamse Chemische Vereniging
Program Chim. Ther. 1970, 5, 161-62 "Meeting of the Board of ECMC"
Minutes and abstracts Chim. Ther. 1970, 5, 355-383
September 17, 1970 Assemblée Générale SCT (Brussels) Chim. Ther. 1970, 5, 461
Ongoing contacts with IUPAC Med. Chem. Division
UK, D, I, BENELUX med. chem. societies to progress with ECMC/EFMC "Sur le plan plus européen, les tentatives de grouper les sociétés européennes ce "chimie
thérapeutique" en un Comité ou une Fédération Européenne de "Medicinal Chemistry"
sont faites et nous nous concertons, principalement avec nos collègues anglais, allemands,
italiens et du Benelux, pour aboutir à une réalisation positive"
1970 Czechoslovak Chemical Society, Medicinal Chemistry Section (established -
assume joins 1979)
1971
Jun 18, 1971 DE: Meeting in Frankfurt to discuss the creation of a "Sektion Medizinische
Chemie"; plans for a presentation at GDCh General Assembly on Sep 15
1971
“25 Jahre Fachgruppe Medizinische Chemie”, Joachim
K. Seydel, Nachr. Chem. Tech. Lab. 46, 1998, (3), 334-
336 -
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/nadc.
19980460313
"Vortragende waren H. Ruschig, Hoechst, zum Thema "Fortschritte der
Arzneimittelentwicklung in den sechziger Jahren" und J.K. Seydel, Borstel, zur "Bedeutung
physikalisch-chemischer Parameter für das Verständnis der Arzneimittelwirkung und für
die rationelle Entwicklung neuer Pharmaka". Die 64 Teilnehmer stimmen der Gründung
der Fachgruppe zu."
Editorial: "En ce qui concerne l'année 1972, la SCT désire éviter toute
interférence avec un symposium on Medicinal Chemistry organisé en
Septembre à Milan par la SISF"
Chim. Ther. 1971, 6, 339
VIIes Rencontres Internationales de Chimie Thérapeutique, Lyon (F): 500
participants, inclding 200 participants from abroad
Debaert/SCT
Sep 13-17, 1971 Creation of the "Sektion Medizinische Chemie, GDCh" - Pres. K. E. Schulte
(info from: Chim. Ther. 1971, 6, 513)
Chim. Ther. 1972, 7, 503; Chim. Ther. 1971, 6, 513-16;
Chim Ther 1972, 7, 503; GDCh website
Chim. Ther. 1971, 6, 513: GDCh: Lors du congrès de la "Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker"
qui s'est tenu à Karlsruhe en Allemagne du 13 au 17 septembre 1971, une section de
"Medizinische Chemie" a été créée avec un exécutif de six membres dirigé par M. le
Professeur K.E. Schulte"; "IUPAC Committee on Symposia and Metings, Pres. E.J. Ariëns: La
"(IUPAC) Section of Medicinal Chemistry" assurera un "Symposium of Medicinal
Chemistry" durant le 24e Congrès IUPAC qui se déroulera à Hambourg (Allemagne) du 3 au
8 septembre 1973; l'organisation de cette manifestation reviendra à un Comité émanant
de la "Sektion Medizinische Chemie, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker" (Professeur K.E.
Schulte, Président); Chim Ther 1972, 7, 503: "Sektion" members: H. Boehme, F. Eiden, H.
Gareis, H. Gibian, E. Schraufstätter
Dec 20, 1971 GDCh (formal) decision to establish a "Sektion Medizinische Chemie" (see
above Sep 13-17, 1971)
Ref: “25 Jahre Fachgruppe Medizinische Chemie”,
Joachim K. Seydel, Nachr. Chem. Tech. Lab. 46, 1998,
(3), 334-336 -
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/nadc.
19980460313
Professeur K.E. Schulte, Président, members: H. Boehme, F. Eiden, H. Gareis, H. Gibian, E.
Schraufstätter (Chim Ther 1972, 7, 503)
1971 Israel Chemical Society Medicinal Chemistry Section established ref: first mentioned Chim Ther 6, 1971, 514, + list NAOs
1985 (joins </= 1976)
1972
1972 BE: VCV Section Medicinal Chemistry - assume joined at the latest in 1972
as NAO
September 13-15, 1972 3rd International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Milano (I) Chim. Ther. 1972, 7, 503 Two volumes: a. Medicinal Chemistry III (Milan 1972), Editor P. Pratesi, Butterworths, 1973
- also published in Pure and Applied Chemistry (1973), Vol. 35, Issue 4, pp. 353–522,
available at: http://publications.iupac.org/pac/conferences/Milan_1972-09-
13a/index.html; b. Medicinal Chemistry - Special Contributions (Milan 1972), Editor P.
Pratesi, Butterworths, 1973
Organizer: P. Pratesi
Under the auspices of IUPAC Medicinal Chemistry Division
September 13, 1972 ECMC Committee meeting (Milano)
"EFMC constituted as from September 14, 1972" Chim. Ther. 1973, 8, janvier-février p 122 (voir compte-
rendu Thuillier 1972)
Decision to establish EFMC formally ratified: "… siégeait le mercredi 13 l"European
Committee on Medicinal Chemistry" présidé par le Dr. J. Thuillier. Au cours de cette
séance, tous les membres approuvèrent la proposition de création d'une "European
Federation for Medicinal Chemistry"
Chairman: J. Thuillier
Present: (12 societies represented: 9 NAOs & 3 correspondents)
E.J. Ariëns (NL) - KNCV
F. Binon (B) - SCB
J.F. Cavalla (UK) - SDR
C. Combet-Farnoux (F) - SCT
R. Dahlbom (SE) - SAPhS
D. Korbonits (HU) - HCS (correspondent)
C. Lund-Jensen (DK) - DCS
M. Montavon (CH) - SCS (correspondent)
W.Th. Nauta (NL) - KNCV
P. Pratesi (I) - SISF
F.L. Rose (UK) - SDR
K.E. Schulte (D) - GDCh
J.K. Seydel (D) - GDCh
A.B. Simmonds (UK) - SDR
G. Tsatsas (GR) - AGC (correspondent)
G. Van Binst (B) - VCV
First EFMC Executive Committee:
Chairman: J. Thuillier
Secretary: Alma B. Simmonds
W.Th. Nauta, P. Pratesi, K.E. Schulte, G. Van Binst
Nov 20-21 1972 DE: GDCh Sektion Medizinische Chemie Meeting, Bad Nauheim:
Beinflussung von Herz und Kreislauf durch Arzneimittel und: Neuere
Methoden der Arzneimittelsynthese,
Chim Ther 1972, 7, 503; “25 Jahre Fachgruppe
Medizinische Chemie”, Joachim K. Seydel, Nachr.
Chem. Tech. Lab. 46, 1998, (3), 334-336 -
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"Die Möglichkeit eines eigenen Journals wurde erörtert, ebenso der Beitritt zu der im
Entstehen begriffenen Europäischen Föderation Medizinische Chemie. H. Gareis
befürwortete das französische Journal Chimie Thérapeutique für Publikationen der
Fachgruppe und auch, es zu einem European Journal of Medicinal Chemsitry zu
entwickeln.
Dec 1972 SE: Medicinal Chemistry Section of Apotekarsocieteten/Swedish
Pharmaceutical Society established & joined EFMC, chairman: R. Dahlbom
1972 HU: Correspondent status: Hungarian Chemical Society (founded 1907)
Div. Org. Pharm. Chem. (establ. In or before 1952) - now: Organic and
Medicinal Chemistry Division - represented by D. Korbonits
1972 ICS-Section on Medicinal Chemistry: post-graduate school on theory and
practice of instrumental analysis of drugs, at Hebrew University of
Pharmacy, Jerusalem (S. Sarel)
ref: Chim Ther 1971, 6, 514
1973
May 13-17, 1973 CZ: Meeting of the Medicinal Chemistry Section of the Chemical Society,
Czechoslovakia "Chemistry of Psychotropic Agents"
New EFMC correspondents: Chim. Ther. 1973, 8, 499
1973 HU: new correspondent: K. Harsany (Hung. Chem. Society, Section of
Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry)
D. Roberts (Spain)
B. Serafin (Poland)
New EFMC societies or sections: Chim. Ther. 1973, 8, 499
DK: Danish Chemical Society, Section of Medicinal Chemistry, June 1973
(chairman: C. Lund-Jensen)
SE: Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry
Section, December 1972, chairman: R. Dahlbom
Sep 3-8 1973 XXIVth International Congress of Pure and Applie Chemistry, Hamburg;
include a Joint Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry "Polypeptide
Hormones and Releasing Factors" (org. by the "GDCh Sektion
Medizinische Chemie (see above)"
Chim Ther 1972, 7, 503-504 MedChem symposium topics: Hypophyseal hormones, growth hormones, lactogenic
hormones, Kinin,- and Angiotensin systems, LH-RH
August 24, 1973 Munich: Adoption of EFMC Rules (full text) Chim. Ther. 1974, 9, 218-219
1973 UK: SDR Symposium on Ischaemic Heart Disease (London)
Dec 18 1973 UK: SDR meeting "Recent developments in antibiotics"
1974
Mar 28-29 1974 DE: GDCh Sektion Medizinische Chemie meeting on: New Advances in
Antibiotic and Antimycotic Substances, Munich
BE: SCB Division Therapeutic Chemistry: President: P. Dumont (EFMC
correspondent for the French-speaking section of the Div. Chim. Thér.)
Vice-presidents: J.P. Geerts, C. Gillet
Secretary: P Crooy
September 8, 1974 EFMC Meeting of Delegates and Correspondents (Noordwijkerhout) and
elections
Chim. Ther. 1974, 9, 574
President: J. Thuillier (F)
Vice-President: J.F. Cavalla (UK)
Secretary: W.Th. Nauta (NL)
Treasurer: P. Sensi (I)
September 9-13, 1974 4th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Noordwijkerhout
(NL)
Chim. Ther. 1973, 8, 371 Medicinal Chemistry IV, Editor J.Maas, Elsevier, 1974
Organizers:
Medicinal Chemistry Section of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society, in
cooperation with:
Medicinal Chemistry Section of the Flemish Chemical Society
under the sponsorship of:
IUPAC (Section on Medicinal Chemistry)
Fédération Internationale Pharmaceutique
Royal Netherlands Chemical Society
Royal Netherlands Association for the Advancement of Pharmacy
Proceedings: J. Maas, ed. (Elsevier 1974)
SCT renames 'Chimica Therapeutica' to 'European Journal of Medicinal
Chemistry'
EJMC 1974 9, 686
1975
April 10, 1975 EFMC meeting (Paris) EJMC 1975, 10, 328
Apr 18 1975 NL: KNCV Sectie Farmacochemie, Utrecht: Interaction of Pharma with
Macromolecules
Oct 3 1975 Joint meeting with VCV, in Antwerp EJMC 1975, 10, 328
December 17, 1975 EFMC meeting (London) EJMC 1975, 10, 638
Topics: Eur. J. Med. Chem.; Vth (Paris)and VIth (UK) ISMC
Jul 6-11, 1975 25th IUPAC Congress
1975 UK: SDR Symposium on Inflammation (Nottingham)
1975 AT: Verein Österreichischer Chemiker (VÖCh - becomes GÖCh in 1982),
Arbeitsgruppe Medizinische und Klinische Chemie - established (other
reports: 1976)
1975 PL: Polish Chemical Society, Medicinal Chemistry Section - established
(joined 1976) - first NAO from Eastern Europe
1976
1976 Constitution of the (Q)SAR group of EFMC (50 members in 7 European
countries)
(reported in IUPAC Newsletter No 13, June 1976) EJMC, 1976, 11, 288
NL: Ariëns publishes Introduction to General Toxicology
May 18-21 1976 BE: SCB & FUNDP meeting "International Symposium on Drug-Receptor
and Drug-Enzyme Interactions: a Basic Approach"; Scientific secretariat:
Profs Durant and Krief
EJMC 1975, 10, 638
July 18, 1976 EFMC meeting (Paris), 13 delegates and correspondents, 1 observer
The EFMC Officers forming the Management Committee will stay in chair
until 1978
Establishment of new adhering organizations reported for:
Austria
Greece
Spain
Poland: foundation of an organisation in preparation (founded 1975?)
July 19-22, 1976 5th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Paris Convention
Center, Paris (F)
EJMC 1975, 10, 326 Medicinal Chemistry V, Editor J Mathieu, Elsevier, 1977
Organizer: SCT
under the sponsorship of:
IUPAC
Fédération Internationale Pharmaceutique
EFMC
Programme EJMC 1975, 10, 637
EJMC 1976, 111, 144 & 172
Proceedings: J. Mathieu, ed. (Elsevier, 1977 (456 pages)) EJMC, 1977, 12, 332
1976 PL: Medicinal Chemistry Section of the Polish Chemical Society joined EJMC 1978, 13, 302
164 members (75% chemists, 25% pharmacists)
Officers 1976-79:
Chairwoman: Barbara Serafin
Vice-Chairman: B. Szczycinski
Secretary: W. Gustowski
1976 DE: Jahrestagung der Deutschen Pharmazeutischen Gesellschaft, Münster -
Joint Meeting with GDCh FMC
Ref: “25 Jahre Fachgruppe Medizinische Chemie”,
Joachim K. Seydel, Nachr. Chem. Tech. Lab. 46, 1998,
(3), 334-336 -
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"K.E. Schulte und H. Auterhoff korrespondierten über die Möglichkeit eines Joint-
Symposiums mit der Deutschen Pharmazeutischen Gesellschaft (DPhG), das dann 1976 in
Münster stattfand. Die Frage dieser Zusammenarbeit sollte die Fachgruppe auch die
nächsten Jahre beschäftigen, ohne dass es zu einer endgültigen Lösung kam. Eine
generelle, positive Entscheidung über eine kontinuierliche Zusammenarbeit erfolgte erst
1976 Verein Österreichischer Chemiker (VÖCh - becomes GÖCh in 1982),
Arbeitsgruppe Medizinische und Klinische Chemie - assume joined (first
Annual Report)
1976 ICS Medicinal Chemistry Section; first mentioned - no report received
from Israël - MC member - must have joined 1973-76 (assume 1976)
1976 CS: Czechoslovak Chemical Society, Medicinal Chemistry Section -
correspondent status
1976 FI: too small to create society, prefer observer status
1977
Mar 17-18 1977 Joint meeting KNCV, VCV, SRC, Belgian Pharmaceutical Society, Antwerp EFMC archives HT-1
August 30, 1977 EFMC meeting of delegates and correspondents EJMC, 1977, 12, 212
Leeuwenhorst, Noordwijkerhout
Aug 30 to Sep 2, 1977 IUPAC-IUPHAR Symposium: Biological Activity and Chemical Structure EJMC, 1977, 12, 160
Leeuwenhorst, Noordwijkerhout
Organized by Med. Chem. Div. Royal Netherlands Chemical Society
under the sponsorship of IUPAC, IUPHAR, FIP and EFMC
310 participants, 30 countries EJMC, 1978, 13, 103
1977 Sociedad Española de Quimica Terapéutica (SEQT) established & joined
EFMC
1977 UK: SDR Symposium on Industrial Drug Discovery (York)
1977 GR: Association of Greek Chemists, Division of Medicinal Chemistry -
established, observer status
1977 DDR (German Demokratic Republic): Observer; early stage plans to form a
local organization (CL 1977-4), in member list of 1982 (names of all
'correspondents')
1978
1978 News from EFMC: EJMC, 1978, 13, 103
"The ACS-CIC Medicinal Chemistry Symposium will take place June 21-24,
1982 in Toronto (Canada). In order to avoid a conflict with this
international meeting, the EFMC has decided to postpone the 8th ISMC
until 1984"
August 14, 1978 Ballot election of EFMC Executive Committee EFMC Archives
September 5, 1978 EFMC Board meeting, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK EJMC 1978, 13, 103
Report from EFMC: EJMC 1979, 14, 32
New composition of the Committee:
Chairman: E. Mutschler (D)
Vice-Chairman: J. Lars G. Nilsson (S)
Secretary: H. Timmerman (NL)
Members: B. Serafin (Po), J.D. Flack (UK)
Proposals: Revision of Rules, official language English, official name EFMC
Next ISMCs: 7th ISMC 1980 Madrid, 8th ISMC 1984 Sweden, 9th ISMC
1986
Minutes EFMC Archives
September 4-7, 1978 6th ISMC, University of Sussex, Brighton, (UK) Medicinal Chemistry VI, Editor M. A. Simkins, Cotsworld Press Ltd., 1979
Organizers: Society for Drug Research
with the sponsorship of IUPAC, FIP and EFMC
Program EJMC, 1976, 11, 442
1978 IL: ICS Medicinal Chemistry Section - formally established EFMC Yearbook 2005
1978 DCS Division Medicinal Chemistry dissolved for "lack of interest from the
side of the medicinal chemistry community"
C. Lund-Jensen - Brighton MC appendix
1979
Mar 16-18, 1979 Symposium on "Advanced QSAR Methods", sponsored by QSAR Group of
EFMC (Paris)
EJMC 1978, 13, 302
1979 Update 7th ISMC: change of meeting place from Madrid to Torremolinos EJMC 1979, 14, 398
Sep 1979 Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society
established
1979 GR: Association of Greek Chemists, Division of Medicinal Chemistry - (AGC-
DMC) - assume joins EFMC in 1979
Circ Lett 1981-1: "expected report for 1979 not
received"
1979 CS: Czechoslovak Chemical Society, Medicinal Chemistry Section, assume
becomes NAO
Circ Lett 1981-1: no contribution received from
countries from which a report could be expected: incl.
CS, DDR
1980
Mar 27-29 1980 UK: SDR Symposium on Risk-Benefit Analysis in Drug Research
September 1, 1980 EFMC Management Committee Meeting, Torremolinos (Spain)
Minutes EFMC Archives
September 2-5, 1980 7th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Torremolinos,
Spain (SP)
EJMC 1979, 14, 498 Medicinal Chemistry Advances, Editors F. G. De Las Heras & S. Vega, Pergamon Press, 1981
Organized by Sociedad Espanola de Quimica Terapeutica
Program EJMC, 1978, 538
Greece: Hellenic Society of Medicinal Chemistry established
October 1, 1980 Retirement Prof. W. Th. Nauta, and special issue of EJMC EJMC 1980, 15, 297
1980 UK: Fine Chemicals and Medicinal Section of the Royal Society of
Chemistry established
1980 GR: Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Association of Greek Chemists (DMC-
AGC) - "the new group in Greece is active" (MC 1980) - Hellenic Society of
Medicinal Chemistry (HSMC) (founded - joined 1986) /
1980 USSR: observer status - among 'Present: Delegates - incl USSR delegate
Glushkov' (MC 1980)
1980 DDR: Gesellschaft für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie (est. 1959) joined
end 1980
Circ Lett 1981-1: "did not receive the expected 1979
report from G.D.R." - Gesellschaft für Pharmakologie
und Toxikologie (est. 1959) must have joined end 1980
1980 HU: delegate Harsany : assume becomes NAO in 1980, since in 1981 the
HU med chem are invited to look intro organizing the 10th ISMC
1980 CS assume joined EFMC end 1980: CS among delegates of MC meeting
1981
Circ Lett January 1981-1
1981
IUPAC disbands Commission on Medicinal Chemistry after 'below
standard' appraisal
Archives EFMC & ICMC (EKy) - Circ. Lett. 1983
August 25, 1981 EFMC Business Meeting (Noordwijkerhout, NL) EJMC 1982, 17, 64
New Executive Committee:
Chairman: J. Lars G. Nilsson (S)
Secretary: J.D. Flack (UK)
Members: B. Serafin (Po), C. Combet-Farnoux (F), F. Gomez de las Heras
(SP)
Future meetings: 1984: 8th ISMC Uppsala (S), 1986: 9th ISMC Berlin (D)
Proposal: 10th ISMC, 1988, Hungary
Minutes EFMC Archives
Aug 25-28, 1981 2nd Noordwijkerhout IUPAC-IUPHAR Symposium "Strategy in Drug
Research"
EJMC 1980, 15, 424
Sponsorship by IUPAC, IUPHAR, FIP, EFMC, KNCV, KNMP & Dutch Society
for Pharmacology
1981 UK: SDR Symposium on Adrenoceptor Drugs (Manchester)
1981 UK First SCI-RSC Medicinal Chemistry Symposium (Cambridge)
1981 CH: application as NAO by the Swiss Chemical Society - not accepted Minutes MC 1981
1982
June 20-24, 1982 North American Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, Toronto, Canada First Circular
EFMC has cooperated by not scheduling an International Symposium in
1982
Decision to create ICMC (International Committee on Medicinal EFMC Archives
1982 IE: correspondent: College of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
1983 Societa Chimica Italiana - Medicinal Chemistry Division adheres to EFMC EFMC report J. Flack Feb 1, 1984 (binder HT-1)
April 17-23, 1983 1st Cyprus Conference on New Methods in Drug Research EJMC 1982, 17, 460
sponsored by EFMC
1983 UK: SDR Symposium on CNS Drugs (Bristol)
1983 IT: ICS Medicinal Chemistry Division - joins EFMC EFMC report J. Flack Feb 1, 1984
1984
May 18, 1984 ICMC Business Meeting, Certosa di San Giacomo (I)
Minutes EFMC Archives
August 27, 1984 EFMC Management Committee Meeting, Scheele Room, Biomedical
Centre, Uppsala (S)
Minutes EFMC Archives
August 27-31, 1984 8th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala, Sweden EJMC, 1983, 18, 404 Acta Pharmaceutica Suecica, Suppl. 1985, 1 & 2 - Proceedings Volumes 1 & 2, Editors R.
Dahlbom, J. L. G. Nilsson, Swedish Pharmaceutical Press, Stockholm, 1985
Program First Circular
Proceedings: R. Dahlbom, J. Lars G. Nilsson eds (Swedish Pharmaceutical
Press, 1985)
1984 UK: SDR Symposium on Gastrointestinal Drugs (Cambridge)
1984? UK: Second SCI-RSC Medicinal Chemistry Symposium
1984 UK: assume SCI joined EFMC; J.C. Emmett delegate - elected to EC at 1984
elections (see table officers)
SCI Annual EFMC report
1984 UK: RSC correspondent status
1984 PT: correspondent status: Joaquim Polonia Circular letter 1986-2
1985 Germany: Section of Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry of German
Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG) established
Sep 15–18 1985 Third SCI-RSC Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, Cambridge
1985 DPhG Sektion für Medizinische/Pharmazeutische Chemie - established
(joins 2007)
1985 DK: Annual EFMC report DCS Section of Medicinal Chemistry: no activities
in 1985 "no possibility for reconstruction" (Carl Lund-Jensen)" (HT-1-
1986
1986 9th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Berlin, (G) EJMC, 1984, 19, 398 & EJMC, 1985, 20, 408 Trends in Medicinal Chemistry, Editors E. Mutschler & E. Winterfeldt, Verlag Chemie, 1987
Program
Second Circular EFMC Archives
September 14, 1986 EFMC Management Committee Meeting, International Congress Center,
Berlin
Minutes EFMC Archives
1986 UK: SDR Symposium on Advances in Drug Delivery (Cambridge)
1986 GR: Hellenic Society of Medicinal Chemistry - membership accepted at MC
meeting Berlin 1986)
1986 PT: new correspondent (Madalena Pinto) and first report in ICMC
Newsletter 34
1987
CH: Establishment of the Division for Medicinal Chemistry at the Swiss
Chemical Society (SCS DMC)
Chimia 2005, 59, 9, 709-10
Oct 6-7, 1987 (First?) Joint GDCh-SCS Meeting, Freiburg
1988
August 15 & 19, 1988 EFMC Management Committee Meeting (Budapest, HU) EJMC 1988, 23, 595
New EFMC Executive Committee:
Chairman: V. Tortorella (I)
Secretary: J. Emmett (UK)
Vice-Chairman: I. Agranat (IS)
Executive members: E. Kyburz (CH), O. Lafont (F)
11th ISMC: Jerusalem, September 2-7, 1990
Proposal: 12th ISMC: Basel, September 13-17, 1992
Status report on EJMC (C. Combet-Farnoux)
August 15-19, 1988 10th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Budapest, (HU) First Circular Pharmacochemistry Library Vol 12 - Trends in Medicinal Chemistry ’88, Editors H. Van der
Goot, G. Domany, L. Pallos, H. Timmerman, Elsevier, 1989
1988 CH: SCS DMC becomes EFMC members society
1989
Oct 3, 1989 GDCh Sektion Medizinische Chemie Meeting: decision to establish a
European "Gordon Conference"
Ref: “25 Jahre Fachgruppe Medizinische Chemie”,
Joachim K. Seydel, Nachr. Chem. Tech. Lab. 46, 1998,
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1989 BE: VCV Contact Group Medicinal Chemistry: symposium in Antwerp A. Haemers - ICMC Newsletter 38
1990
September 2-7, 1990 11th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Jerusalem, Israel EJMC 1989, 24, 560 Trends in Medicinal Chemistry ’90, Editors S. Sarel, R. Mechoulam, I. Agranat, Blackwell
Scientific Publications, 1992
Program
under the auspices of EFMC, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Academy of Sciences & Humanities
Sep 28, 1990 GDCh/DPhG: decision to organize joint meetings every 2-3 years Ref: “25 Jahre Fachgruppe Medizinische Chemie”,
Joachim K. Seydel, Nachr. Chem. Tech. Lab. 46, 1998,
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1990 CH: Foundation Meeting of Division for Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical
Biology (DMCCB) of the Swiss Chemical Society established
1990 UK: RSC - joined - is adhering member, in addition to SDR and SCI MC list Jerusalem MC meeting
1991
early 1991 Creation of the Nauta Award EJMC 1991, 26, 663
1991 IL: Israel Association for Medicinal Chemistry established - merges in 2004
with theMedicinal Chemistry Section of the Israel Chemical Society
Prof. Sarel founded the Israel Association for Medicinal Chemistry and served as its first
president in 1991-2004
Mai 8-12, 1991 GDCh: First European Medicinal Chemistry Conference, Weilrod-
Neuweilnau
“25 Jahre Fachgruppe Medizinische Chemie”, Joachim
K. Seydel, Nachr. Chem. Tech. Lab. 46, 1998, (3), 334-
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number of participants limited to 150
1991 DE: about half of DDR members join DPhG after reunification
1992
September 13-17, 1992 12th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Basel, (CH) EJMC, 1991, 26, 366 Perspectives in Medicinal Chemistry, Editors B. Testa, E. Kyburz, W. Fuhrer, R. Giger, Verlag
Chemie, 1993
Chairman Organizing Committee: E. Kyburz
Chairman Scientific Committee: B. Testa
EFMC Chairman: E. Kyburz
Proceedings: Perspectives in Medicinal Chemistry, Eds.: Testa, Kyburz,
Fuhrer, Giger (Verlag Chemie, 1993)
Latvian Association for Medicinal Chemistry founded and joined EFMC EFMC Yearbook, MC meeting Basel
1992 Asian Federation for Medicinal Chemistry established Chimia 2005, 59, 9, 709-10
Denmark: Danish Society of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Medicinal
Chemistry established
LinkedIn: http://www.dstf.dk
Russian Society for Medicinal Chemistry established (Sep 10, 1992) and
joined EFMC
Newsletter #42, MC meeting Basel
1993
Mar 31-Apr 4, 1993 GDCh: Second European Medicinal Chemistry Conference, Bad Nauheim “25 Jahre Fachgruppe Medizinische Chemie”, Joachim
K. Seydel, Nachr. Chem. Tech. Lab. 46, 1998, (3), 334-
336 -
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Division of Organic, Bioorganic and Pharmaceutical
Chemistry of the Czech Chemical Society, established 1993 by
reorganization from Division of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry and
Prague Division of Czech Chemical Society (Czechia formed)
Yearbook 2005
Denmark: Danish Society of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Medicinal
Chemistry joined EFMC
Newsletters #42 & 43
Sep 1993 First Joint French-Swiss Meeting on Medicinal Chemistry (Dijon) Chimia 2005, 59, 9, 709-10
1994
September 19-23, 1994 13th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Paris, (F) European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Vol 30, 1995, Suppl. (1s-688s), Editor J.)C.
Muller, Elsevier, 1995
under the auspices of EFMC, ACS and IUPAC
1113 delegates, 38 nations
Proceedings: EJMC 30, 1995, Suppl (1s-688s)
1994 Turkish Association of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
1994 UK: "Society for Drug Research" renamed to "Society for Medicines
Research"
1994 CH: Establishment of Swiss Course on Medicinal Chemistry (Leysin, CH)
1995
May 10-12, 1995 GDCh: Third European Medicinal Chemistry Conference, Radebeul
(Dresden)
“25 Jahre Fachgruppe Medizinische Chemie”, Joachim
K. Seydel, Nachr. Chem. Tech. Lab. 46, 1998, (3), 334-
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"Trotz des guten Verlaufs und der reibungslosen Organisation beschloss der Vorstand,
diese Konferenz bis auf weiteres nicht mehr durchzuführen. Das ursprüngliche Ziel, eine
"Europäische Gordon Conference" mit der MedChemCo einzuführen, konnte aus
verschiedenen Gründen bislang nicht erreicht werden."
1995 The Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Sector (BMCS) of the Royal Society
of Chemistry (RSC) established - formerly Fine Chemicals & Medicinals
Group)
1996
September 8-12, 1996 14th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Maastricht, (NL) Pharmacochemistry Library, Vol 28, editor: F. Awouters, Elsevier 1997
Organized under sponsorship of the European Federation for Medicinal
Chemistry (EFMC) and the International Union of Pure and and Applied
Chemistry (IUPAC) by the Belgian-Dutch medicinal chemists representing
la Société de Royale de Chimie (SRC - Belgium), the Division
Pharmacochemistry of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (KNCV)
and the Belgian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences, in cooperation with
the Medicinal Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society and
the Asian Federation for Medicinal Chemistry.
1997
Sep 1997 First Italian-Swiss Meeting on Medicinal Chemistry Chimia 2005, 59, 9, 709-10
1998
September 6-11, 1998 15th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Edinburgh, (UK) ISMC 1998 Final Programme Medicinal Chemistry into the Millennium, Editors M. M. Campbell, I. S. Blagbrough, Royal
Society of Chemistry, 2001
Organized by the Royal Society of Chemistry Perkin Division and the
Biological and Medicinal Chemistry sector of the Industrial Division on
behalf of the European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry with the
support of IUPAC, ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry and the Asian
Federation of Medicinal Chemistry
Russian Society for Medicinal Chemistry (Prof Zefirov) merges into
Mendeleev Russian Chemical Society; Medicinal Chemistry Section
established
EFMC archives
1999
Medicinal Chemistry Section of Austrian Chemical Society established
May 11-12, 1999 Joint GDCh-SCS Meeting, Basel
2000
2000 Medicinal Chemistry Section of Austrian Chemical Society adheres to EFMC Archives
July 20, 2000 Extraordinary EFMC MC meeting (Basel) EFMC Archives
Preparations of Bologna EFMC MC meeting: HT call for EFMC revival,
project with EUFEPS
EFMC Archives
September 18-22, 2000 16th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Bologna, (IT) ISMC 2000 Final Programme Il Farmaco, Vol 56, 1-2, 2001 & Drugs of the Future, 27, Suppl. A, September 2002
European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry
Italian Chemical Society - Division of Medicinal Chemistry
American Chemical Society - Division of Medicinal Chemistry
Asian Federation for Medicinal Chemistry
Sponsored by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry Section of the D. I. Mendeleev Russian Chemical
Society adheres to EFMC
EFMC Yearbook
2001
juin-01 Creation of the UCB Award
2002
September 1-5, 2002 17th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Barcelona, (SP) ISMC 2002 Final Programme Drugs of the Future, 29, Suppl. A, August 2004
European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry
Sociedad Espanola de Quimica Terapeutica
Belgium: Medicinal and Bioorganic Chemistry Division of the Royal Flemish
Chemical Society (KVCV) established
2003
Approval of new EFMC Statutes Council Meeting, Cracov (Poland)
Creation of the Prous Award
2004
February 23 2004 Section for Medicinal Chemistry of the Slovenian Pharmaceutical Society
established, and joined EFMC
May 5-8, 2004 1st International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic, Combinatorial
and Medicinal Chemistry, Moscow (Russia) - ASCMC'04
August 15-19, 2004 18th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Copenhagen-
Lund
ISMC 2004 Final Programme Drugs of the Future 31, Suppl. A, August 2006
Malmö, (DK-S)
European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry
Danish Society for Pharmacology and Toxicology
Apotekarsocieteten
Belgium: Medicinal and Bioorganic Chemistry Division of the Royal Flemish
Chemical Society (KVCV) established
Israel Association for Medicinal Chemistry merges and becomes the Israel
Chemical Society Division of Medicinal Chemistry
2005
2006
August 29-September 2 19th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Istanbul, Turkey Book: Drugs of the Future 31, Suppl. A, August 2006
European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry
Turkish Association of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
Polish Society of Medicinal Chemistry established EFMC Yearbook
2007
Aug 27-31, 2007 2nd International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal
Chemistry, St Petersburg (Russia) - ASMC'07
Group of Medicinal Chemistry of the Portuguese Chemical Society
established
EFMC Yearbook
Section for Pharmaceutical/ Medicinal Chemistry of the German
Pharmaceutical Society, Germany (established 1985) - joined EFMC 2007
October 7-9, 2007 EFMC-ACSMEDI meeting: Frontiers in CNS and Oncology Medicinal
Chemistry, Siena (I)
2008
Division for Medicinal Chemist EFMCry of the Serbian Chemical Society -
established & joined
August 31-September 4, 2008 20th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Vienna, Austria Book: Drugs of the Future 33, Suppl A, August 2008
European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry
Austrian Chemical Society
2009
March 22-25, 2009 1st EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry: Improving Compound
Quality, Oegstgeest (near Leiden), The Netherlands
Course organizer: Han van den Waterbeemd
Croatian Chemical Society, Section of Medicinal/Pharmaceutical
Chemistry - established
October 4-6, 2009 EFMC-ACSMEDI meeting: Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry 2009:
Emerging Targets, Novel Candidates and Innovative Strategies,
Barcelona (ES)
2010
April 11-14, 2010 2nd EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry: Safety and Attrition,
Oegstgeest (near Leiden), The Netherlands
Course organizer: Alan Stobie
September 5-9, 2010 21th International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Brussels,
Belgium
Drugs of the Future, 35, Suppl. A, September 2010
European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry
Medicinal and Bioorganic Chemistry Division of Royal Flemish Chemical
Society (KVCV)
Division for Medicinal Chemistry of the Société Royale de Chimie (SRC)
Croatian Chemical Society, Section of Medicinal/Pharmaceutical
Chemistry - joined EFMC
Council meeting 2010
Finnish Pharmaceutical Society (founded 1887) Medicinal Chemistry
Committee - established & joined
Council meeting 2010
2011
April 10-13, 2011 3rd EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry: Principles and
Applications of in vitro Pharmacology in Drug Discovery for Medicinal
Chemists, Oegstgeest (near Leiden), The Netherlands
Course organizer: Mike Trevethick
June 19-21, 2011 EFMC-ACSMEDI meeting: Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry 2011:
Emerging Targets, Novel Candidates and Innovative Strategies,
Stockholm (SW)
December 7-9, 20124th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry: Safety and Attrition,
Oegstgeest (near Leiden), The Netherlands Course organizer: Alan Stobie (repeat of course 1?) please check
Aug 21-25, 2011 4th International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal
Chemistry, St Petersburg (Russia)
2012
April 1-4, 2012 5th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry: Target Selection through
Application of Chemical and Systems Biology, Oegstgeest (near Leiden),
The Netherlands
Course organizers: Thomas Klabunde and Brian Harms
September 2-6, 2012 22nd International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Berlin, Germany ISMC 2012 Book of Abstracts, ChemMedChem, Wiley-Verlag Chemie, 2012 - available at:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/18607187/homepage/2452_confs.html
European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry
German Chemical Society (GDCH) Division of Medicinal Chemistry
German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG) Section of
Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry
October 21-24, 2012 6th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry: Improving Compound
Quality: Physical Chemistry and DMPK Properties in Drug Discovery.
Principles, Assays and Predictions, Oegstgeest (near Leiden), The
Netherlands
Course organizer: Kevin Beaumont
2013
February EFMC Workshop in Frankfurt
April 21-24, 2013 7th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry: Principles of Molecular
Recognition, Oegstgeest (near Leiden), The Netherlands
Course organizers: George Keseru
May 5-8, 2013 5th International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal
Chemistry, Moscow (Russia)
June 23-26, 2013 ACSMEDI-EFMC meeting: Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry 2013, San
Francisco (US)
2014
March 16-19, 2014 8th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry: Engineering of
Biopharmaceuticals, Oegstgeest (near Leiden), The Netherlands
Course organizer: Jesper Lau
23rd International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Lisbon, Portugal ISMC 2014 Book of Abstracts, ChemMedChem, Wiley-Verlag Chemie, 2014 - available at:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/18607187/homepage/2452_confs.html
EFMC-YMCS 2014 - 1st EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists Symposium
October 26-29, 2014 9th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry: Principles of Molecular
Recognition, Oegstgeest (near Leiden), The Netherlands
Course organizers: George Keseru and Andrew Leach (Repeat of course VII)
2015
April 12-15, 2015 10th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry: Small-Molecule
Modulation of Protein-Protein Interactions (PPIs), Oegstgeest (near
Leiden), The Netherlands
Course organizers: Luc Brunsveld and Christian Ottman
September 14-16, 2015 EFMC-ACSMEDI meeting: Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry 2015,
Antwerp (BE)
EFMC-YMCS 2014 - 2nd EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists Symposium
September 27-30, 2015 11th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry: Engineering of
Biopharmaceuticals, Oegstgeest (near Leiden), The Netherlands
Course organizer: Jesper Lau (repeat of course VIII - course canceled)
November 15-18, 2015 6th International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and Medicinal
Chemistry, Rehovot (Israel)
2016
April 24-27, 2016 12th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry: Modulation of Enzymes;
Epigenetics and Beyond, Oegstgeest (near Leiden), The Netherlands
Course organizers: Gerhard Müller and Anita Wegert
August 28 - September 1, 2016 EFMC-ISMC 2016: XXIV EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal
Chemistry, Manchester, UK
Book of Abstracts - online at EFMC website
September 1-2, 2016 EFMC-YMCS 2016: 3rd EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists Symposium,
Manchester, UK
2017
April 23-26, 2017 13th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry: A Matter of Time: A
Kinetic Perspective on Drug-Target Interactions, Oegstgeest (near Leiden),
The Netherlands
Course organizers: Ad Ijzerman and Laura Heitman
June 25-28, 2017 ACSMEDI-EFMC meeting: Medicinal Chemistry Frontiers 2017,
Philadelphia (USA)
Group becomes Division of Medicinal Chemistry of the Portuguese
Chemical Society
August 27-31, 2017 EFMC-ASMC'17: 7th EFMC International Symposium on Advances in
Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry, Vienna, Austria
August 31 - September 1, 2017 EFMC-YMCS 2017: 4th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists Symposium,
Vienna, Austria
Danish Society for Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology, a division of
the Danish Chemical Society - established and joined Oct 19, 2017
Council 2017
2018
April 22-25, 2018 14th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry: Peptide Therapeutics:
Inspiring Beacon of Hope for the Pharmaceutical Future, Oegstgeest (near
Leiden), The Netherlands
Course organizer: Bart De Spiegeleer
September 2-6, 2018 EFMC-ISMC 2018: XXV EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal
Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Book of Abstracts - online at EFMC website
September 6-7, 2018 EFMC-YMCS 2018: 5th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists Symposium,
Ljubljana, Slovenia
2019
April 28-May 1, 2019 15th EFMC Short Course on Medicinal Chemistry: Small Becomes Big in
Medicinal Chemistry: Fragment-based Drug Discovery, Oegstgeest (near
Leiden), The Netherlands
Course organizer: Iwan de Esch
June 10-13, 2019 EFMC-ACSMEDI MedChem Frontiers 2019: Joint Symposium on
Medicinal Chemistry Frontiers, Krakow (Poland)
September 1-5, 2019 EFMC-ASMC'19 - 8th EFMC International Symposium on Advances in
Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry, Athens (Greece)
September 5-6, 2019 EFMC-YMCS 2019 - 6th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists Symposium,
Athens (Greece)
2019 EFMC Workshop in Basel
2020
September 6-10, 2020 EFMC-ISMC 2020: XXVI EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal
Chemistry, Basel (Switzerland) - postponed to 2021
September 10-11, 2020 EFMC-YMCS 2020 - 7th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists Symposium,
Basel (Switzerland) - replaced by virtual events
September 7-11, 2020 EFMC Virtual Week: EFMC-ISMC First Time Disclosures and Late
Breaking News', 'EFMC-ISMC & EFMC-YMCS Virtual Poster Session',
'Virtual 7th EFMC -YMCS'
October 17-20, 2020 Short Course: New Opportunities in GPCR Drug Discovery - postponed to
2021
Course organizers: György Miklós Keserü and Rob Leurs
November-December Special '50 Years EFMC' edition of ChemMedChem
2021
August 29 - September 2, 2021 IX EFMC International Symposium on Advances in Synthetic and
Medicinal Chemistry, Zagreb (Croatia)
Short Course: New Opportunities in GPCR Drug Discovery - postponed
from 2020
Course organizers: György Miklós Keserü and Rob Leurs
September 2-3, 2021 EFMC-YMCS 2021 - 8th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists Symposium
2022
September 4-8, 2022 EFMC-ISMC 2022: XXVII EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal
Chemistry, Nice, France
EFMC-YMCS 2022 - 9th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists Symposium
2023
September 3-7, 2023Zagreb,
Croatia
EFMC-ASMC'23 - EFMC International Symposium on Advances in
Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry - Zagreb, Croatia
EFMC-YMCS 2023 - 10th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists Symposium -
Zagreb, Croatia
2024
EFMC-ISMC 2024: XXVIII EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal
Chemistry - Rome, Italy
EFMC-YMCS 2024 - 11th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists Symposium -
Rome, Italy
2025
EFMC-ASMC'25 - EFMC International Symposium on Advances in
Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry - TBD
EFMC-YMCS 2025 - 12th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists Symposium
2026
EFMC-ISMC 2026: XXIX EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal
Chemistry - TBD
EFMC-YMCS 2025 - 13th EFMC Young Medicinal Chemists Symposium